RFC 7647 makes a Globally Routable User Agent URI mandatory for a notifier: a user agent accepting a REFER that creates a subscription must populate its Contact header field with one, and a user agent that might become a notifier needs to include one in the Contact of dialog-forming and target-refresh methods such as INVITE.

Checked 2026-09-16

Vendor
IETF
Product
Session Initiation Protocol
Subsystem
REFER
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
Updates RFC 3515
Checked
2026-09-16

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 16). SIP transactions dialogs and call setup: source note xfersem-gruu-is-mandatory-for-a-refer-notifier. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/xfersem-gruu-is-mandatory-for-a-refer-notifier

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-xfersem-gruu-is-mandatory-for-a-refer-notifier,
  title  = {SIP transactions dialogs and call setup: source note xfersem-gruu-is-mandatory-for-a-refer-notifier},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/xfersem-gruu-is-mandatory-for-a-refer-notifier},
  note   = {Source note xfersem-gruu-is-mandatory-for-a-refer-notifier, checked 2026-09-16}
}

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